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STEM PESSARY. No. 277,424. Patented May 8,1883.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. LUTZ, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

STEM-PESSARY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,424,--dated May 8,1883.

Application filed October 3, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. LUTZ, of Indianapolis, Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Pessarie's, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which like letters indicate like parts.

My invention relates to that class of appliances known as pessaries,used for supporting the womb, and held in place by means of externalcords or bandages. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective, and Fig.2 an end view, ofmy device, showing the cup or one form thereof. Fig. 3is a longitudinal section of the same.

To describe my invention more particularly, A is a cup to receive theneck of the womb, in

which the back portion, a, is elevated above the front part of the cup,and a is a curved depression in which, the womb may rest in case itfalls over. This distributes the weight more I widely, and is greatlypreferable to other modes, wherein the womb is received upon a convexprojectionat the back of the cup. At the bottom of this cup, and whereit is attached to the solid stem, is a central orifice, B, connectedwith lateral orifices or outlets c c in the sides of the solid stem,permitting free passage for discharges from the womb.-. This orifice B,being at the bottom of the cup, instead of in the sides, has animportant advan tage in this, that the discharges do not need to beforced out by the contraction of the womb, while if the orifice wereupon one or more than one side such contraction would be necessary, andthis would cause more or less pain, and this pain would causeinflammation and enlargement.

The stem 0 is solid, and terminates in a small cylindrical base, D,perforated longitudinally, through which the sustainingcord is passed. Asolid stem is much preferable to a hollow or telescopic or jointedstem,as it has no surfaces to catch or entangle membranes or abrade andinflame them. If the perforated base be large, it prevents freelocomotion. If it have angularor projecting edges or surfaces, itnotonlyimpedes locomotion, but abrades the adjacent parts and inflamesthem. If it be attached to the stem by ajoint, it is likely to get outof order, and the edge of the joints would injure the parts coming incontact with them. r

A pessary without a stem, no matter what the shape of the cup may he,being held in position ,by the distended walls of the vagina, destroysthe elasticity of the walls of the vagina, and when it is removed thewomb will fall down. It also compresses the bladder and causesincontinence of urine, and by pressing upon the bowels producesconstipation.

\Nhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. A pessary wherein the cup that supports the uterus has a curveddepression in the back portion thereof to receive and sustain rheconvexsurface of the womb, with a central orilice in the bottom connected withone or more lateral orificesin a solid stem, to which the cup is rigidlyattached, and is integral therewith, the lower end of which is formedinto a cylindrical base pierced longitudinally to receive asustaining-cord.

2. A pessary having a cup to receive the uterus, with a central orificein the bottom connected with lateral orifices in a solid stem integralwith the cup, the'lower end of the stem being formed into a cylindricalbase, perforated longitudinally,in combination with means externallyapplied to hold the pessary in place.

GEORGE W. LUTZ.

Witnesses HOWARD KIMBALL, W. H. Norm.

